Radiometers have a whole host of uses, from measuring atmospheric irradiance to demonstrating kinetic energy, to analyzing blood gas in hospitals. If you have radiometers for sale in your store, you'd better have an extensive knowledge of how these products work and in what capacities.

For this type of business, an online store may be your best bet. Although you can buy Crookes radiometers in bulk and keep them in a storage room, other types of radiometers can be very expensive and some require a large storage area due to their size. Take these facts into consideration before you buy.

Here are a few types of radiometers you can supply:

1. Stock a glass radiometer: the Crookes model is widely used among school teachers since it demonstrates kinetic energy. This radiometer is small and portable as well as inexpensive.

2. Buy a radiometer that helps predict the weather. Infrared radiometers come in a variety of sizes and offer different functions.

3. Think about supplying radiometers that measure blood gas levels. Radiometer ABL is a reputable brand that is frequently used by hospitals and surgery centers.

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Sell the amazing little Crookes radiometer

These simple devices are used widely by science teachers to demonstrate how heat produces energy. This type of radiometer consists of a glass bulb in which a small set of vanes can turn. One side of each vane is black, the other is shiny silver: When the bulb is exposed to light or heat, the energy pushes the vanes and makes them spin.

I recommend: Buy Crookes radiometers in bulk from Educational Innovations to get a discount off the already excellent price. Sargent-Welch also sells glass radiometers.

Provide weather infrared radiometers to meteorology customers

Irradiance is the electromagnetic radiation on the surface of an object. Infrared radiometers measure irradiance in the atmosphere to monitor water vapor in clouds, solar radiation and temperature. These devices are commonly used by meteorologists and climatologists.

I recommend: Eppley Laboratory offers a variety of radiometers at multiple price points. Check out the top-of-the-line IR radiometer at Yankee Environmental Systems.

Drop-ship a Radiometer ABL to your health care customers

Hospitals must be able to measure a variety of body systems and functions during acute care and while performing operations, as well as do periodic chronic disease monitoring. Blood gas radiometers measure pH, carbon dioxide and oxygen levels from a sample of arterial blood. They are used to diagnose disorders such as metabolic acidosis and monitor blood gas during major surgical procedures.

I recommend: Request a quote regarding the full line of Radiometer ABL blood gas analyzers at Coast to Coast Medical. Or consider one of several blood gas analyzers GMI carries.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  A microwave radiometer is used by meteorologists to detect atmospheric vapor and predict weather patterns. These devices are extremely hard to come by, but if you can provide your customer with a source from which to purchase these radiometers, you may be able to collect a referral fee instead of acting as a supplier.